Cd Covers

[BROUSSARD BEATS]

I would like to get into making cd covers anyone knows what software to use. i'm looking for the good stuff and hardware.
Trying to keep all the money right here
i have a mac g4 and a pc in the house

 

[DjDelay]

If your serious about computer art then buy Adobe Photoshop. It is the best program of its type commercially available, its an industry standard and used by all the pros

 

[Ominous]

^^^ I'm gonna second that.

Find a student going to design school he or she will be more than willing to help you learn it. Probably should try a she so you can rub on some boobies after she show's you how to rubberstamp and add lens flares to all your bling for your CD covers.

 

[Shonsteez]

Yes adobe is very good and is also my number one company pick, but there are also good things made by companies like macromedia which i think is a good company also in there own way....Theres also quark, but ive never got real serious with it since its main focus is more on publishing.

Basically:
For object based art/photo manipulation/2-D, and some 3-D art
go with photoshop.

For more of a design element use:
adobe illustrator, macro freehand, some people use painter but i look at painter like tha camero white trah car of the car world...basically its just cheap and tacky.

 

[StressWon]

get at me son,,,I can make a CD cover...1st is freeeee!!! Get at me

peace

 

[BROUSSARD BEATS]

thanks guys like i said stresswon tryin to keep the money here noooot
thereeeee lol

o yea you know what kind of printer to use
i know i need digi cam

 

[vitaminman]

Hey,

You can't go wrong with Illustrator and Photoshop; Illustrator for your vector/type/layout stuff, and Photoshop for your raster stuff. Freehand kicks-ass from the Macromedia side of things, but if you're using Photoshop it will be easier to switch between it and Illustrator.

Some would use Quark or InDesign for the layout...this is ultra high-end pro stuff and possibly overkill for something simple like a cd cover.

Painter is like a virtual paintbrush, it offers you all sorts of media to work with, like chalk, pencils, crayons, acrylic, oils, inks, watercolors, etc. Most people I know who use this have a graphic tablet to work with it...

Here's some graphics using Maya 3D, Painter and Photoshop...the sky and texturing was done in Painter.

http://www.slipgate.ru/images/gallery/molotov/digital/sc.jpg
http://www.slipgate.ru/images/gallery/molotov/digital/harbinger.jpg

Take care,

Nick

 

[Tim D]

holy shit that shit is sick ^^^^^^^^^

 

[Freakwncy]

Yo. I feel this thread belongs in The Spot so I'm moving it guys...

But I agree w/ V-man... and yeah, those pics are dope....

 

[Guevara]

Originally posted by Freakwncy
Yo. I feel this thread belongs in The Spot so I'm moving it guys...

HOLEY MOLEY......LOL, CAN HE DO THAT
WHERED U GET ALL THIS POWER FROM???

 

[vitaminman]

Hey,

Here's a little sketch I made with the demo of Painter, I'm going to get this program, it is SO cool!!!

Nick

 

[Freakwncy]

Nick, We have to get online and talk art sometime.... I really wasnt feeling Painter, mainly becuz I'm not a illustrator, but for those who have mad painting and illustration skills, yo. this is the program for you and you can do some cool stuff in Photoshop too... just check out the WOW! book series, they have some dope stuff... And Guevara
yeah, I've been behind the scenes for a few.... Now I decided to step up and give Fade a helping hand...

 

[Guevara]

FREAK, WE NEED TO TALK TECHNICAL SHIT SOMETIME, AND ART TOO....U KNOW ALL THAT PROGRAMMING AND EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE SHIT THAT I WISH I DID, IT WOULD MAKE ME A 1000% MORE EFFECTIVE PRODUCER IF I COULD UTILIZE EVERY ASPECT OF MY SOFTWARE (AND HARDWARE WHEN I GET SOME)

I WAS BIG ON ART WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, BUT EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME....SOME ARTIST I FEEL.
EGON SCHIELE
VINCENT CAN GOGH - THE MAN
ALBERT PINKHAM RYDER
PAULA REGO
JOAN MIRO
JOSE OROZCO
JACKSON POLLOCK
SYDNEY NOLAN

YALL AINT THOUGHT I KNEW THAT HUH.

ART, BASKETBALL, DRUGS, AND MUSIC - THATS ALL US GHETTO KIDS KNOW

HEY NICK IS THAT A SELF PORTRAIT....JUST KIDDING, WHERED U GET THE DEMO AT???

 

[Freakwncy]

Guevara
any time man... just let me know...

 

[vitaminman]

Hey,

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satell...roductInfo&id=1047021764853&did=1047021793915

I LOVE the WOW! series books, but they always make me feel like an amature because the stuff in there is so amazing, and the books are so damn expensive.

The 'painting' is of my roommate. Unfortunately, her husband (who is also a roommate) wouldn't allow me to do a complete nude portrait.

Nick

 

[Phonetik]

I gots a few:
Organized Konfusion Stress: the extinction agenda
Pharcyde: bizzare ride (the whol crew ridin a rolercoaster made to look like a chick. They are comin out her gap , funny ass shit)
Nas: illmatic (of course)
GZA:liquid swords
BIg: Ready to die (toddler with afro)
what yall think?

 

[Shonsteez]

Ok - In general i dont think painter is as bad as i made it out to be...im jus pissed cuz i have to use it over adobe stuff at school, plus im workin on some archaic (how ever tha hell you spell that!?) computers and all tha software is hella outdated like by 3 or 4 versions!....But i have to admit that painter has its ups and downs...i just like tha design tools and tha way their interfaced more in illustrator...but thats jus me. Painter can do cool things you jus gotta really get into tha software like any other prgm - i jus refuse to waste my time since i like adobe way better.


Steeze